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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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Featured Stories

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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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Drinks
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Watches
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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Chefs’ Fridges: More Than 35 World-Renowned Cooks Reveal What They Eat at Home

If you're anything like us, you miss going out for a fancy meal at a sit-down restaurant. Hopefully that's possible again in the very near future, but in the meantime, go behind the curtain of some of the world's most famous food professionals with Chefs' Fridges: More Than 35 World-Renowned…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
1985 Nike Air Jordan 1 Worn by Michael Jordan

You can get a brand new pair of Nike Air Jordan 1 reissued sneakers for about a hundred bucks right now (the 34th version after Michael's retirement), but if you want something a tad more exclusive, Sotheby's is auctioning off a pair worn by his Airness, himself. These Air Jordan…

By Amos Kwon
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Vagabund Moto 1991 Honda NX650

Bringing an older dual sport bike into the modern age takes skill, and Vagabund Moto knew exactly what it was doing when it crafted their heavily modified Honda NX650. The leaner look of the original bike has been replaced by something meatier and more purposeful. The shop pulled back everything…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Stay Home: These Wireless Earbuds Have 2,200+ Positive Reviews and Are Only $25

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. As proud owners of brand new iPhone 11 Pro Max phones, we can tell you for certain that the included lightning headphones might…

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Transportation
1964 Amphicar Model 770

The Amphicar might seem like a joke, but it's actually kind of legendary. The German-made amphibious car was built between 1961 and 1968, and this particular one just sold on Bring-A-Trailer for the price of a brand new 2020 Corvette Stingray. The Amphicar can be driven like a regular vehicle…

By Amos Kwon
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